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| | 35 | <div class="paragraph"><p>Feel free to ask questions and to update answers by editing this page.\r |
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| | 41 | <div class="sect1">\r |
| | 42 | <h2 id="_how_do_you_pronounce_mlton">How do you pronounce MLton?</h2>\r |
| | 43 | <div class="sectionbody">\r |
| | 44 | <div class="paragraph"><p><a href="Pronounce">Pronounce</a></p></div>\r |
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| | 47 | <div class="sect1">\r |
| | 48 | <h2 id="_what_sml_software_has_been_ported_to_mlton">What SML software has been ported to MLton?</h2>\r |
| | 49 | <div class="sectionbody">\r |
| | 50 | <div class="paragraph"><p><a href="Libraries">Libraries</a></p></div>\r |
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| | 53 | <div class="sect1">\r |
| | 54 | <h2 id="_what_graphical_libraries_are_available_for_mlton">What graphical libraries are available for MLton?</h2>\r |
| | 55 | <div class="sectionbody">\r |
| | 56 | <div class="paragraph"><p><a href="Libraries">Libraries</a></p></div>\r |
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| | 59 | <div class="sect1">\r |
| | 60 | <h2 id="_how_does_mlton_8217_s_performance_compare_to_other_sml_compilers_and_to_other_languages">How does MLton’s performance compare to other SML compilers and to other languages?</h2>\r |
| | 61 | <div class="sectionbody">\r |
| | 62 | <div class="paragraph"><p>MLton has <a href="Performance">excellent performance</a>.</p></div>\r |
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| | 65 | <div class="sect1">\r |
| | 66 | <h2 id="_does_mlton_treat_monomorphic_arrays_and_vectors_specially">Does MLton treat monomorphic arrays and vectors specially?</h2>\r |
| | 67 | <div class="sectionbody">\r |
| | 68 | <div class="paragraph"><p>MLton implements monomorphic arrays and vectors (e.g. <span class="monospaced">BoolArray</span>,\r |
| | 69 | <span class="monospaced">Word8Vector</span>) exactly as instantiations of their polymorphic\r |
| | 70 | counterpart (e.g. <span class="monospaced">bool array</span>, <span class="monospaced">Word8.word vector</span>). Thus, there is\r |
| | 71 | no need to use the monomorphic versions except when required to\r |
| | 72 | interface with the <a href="BasisLibrary">Basis Library</a> or for portability\r |
| | 73 | with other SML implementations.</p></div>\r |
| | 74 | </div>\r |
| | 75 | </div>\r |
| | 76 | <div class="sect1">\r |
| | 77 | <h2 id="_why_do_i_get_a_segfault_bus_error_in_a_program_that_uses_span_class_monospaced_intinf_span_span_class_monospaced_largeint_span_to_calculate_numbers_with_several_hundred_thousand_digits">Why do I get a Segfault/Bus error in a program that uses <span class="monospaced">IntInf</span>/<span class="monospaced">LargeInt</span> to calculate numbers with several hundred thousand digits?</h2>\r |
| | 78 | <div class="sectionbody">\r |
| | 79 | <div class="paragraph"><p><a href="GnuMP">GnuMP</a></p></div>\r |
| | 80 | </div>\r |
| | 81 | </div>\r |
| | 82 | <div class="sect1">\r |
| | 83 | <h2 id="_how_can_i_decrease_compile_time_memory_usage">How can I decrease compile-time memory usage?</h2>\r |
| | 84 | <div class="sectionbody">\r |
| | 85 | <div class="ulist"><ul>\r |
| | 86 | <li>\r |
| | 87 | <p>\r |
| | 88 | Compile with <span class="monospaced">-verbose 3</span> to find out if the problem is due to an\r |
| | 89 | SSA optimization pass. If so, compile with <span class="monospaced">-disable-pass <em>pass</em></span> to\r |
| | 90 | skip that pass.\r |
| | 91 | </p>\r |
| | 92 | </li>\r |
| | 93 | <li>\r |
| | 94 | <p>\r |
| | 95 | Compile with <span class="monospaced">@MLton hash-cons 0.5 --</span>, which will instruct the\r |
| | 96 | runtime to hash cons the heap every other GC.\r |
| | 97 | </p>\r |
| | 98 | </li>\r |
| | 99 | <li>\r |
| | 100 | <p>\r |
| | 101 | Compile with <span class="monospaced">-polyvariance false</span>, which is an undocumented option\r |
| | 102 | that causes less code duplication.\r |
| | 103 | </p>\r |
| | 104 | </li>\r |
| | 105 | </ul></div>\r |
| | 106 | <div class="paragraph"><p>Also, please <a href="Contact">Contact</a> us to let us know the problem to help us\r |
| | 107 | better understand MLton’s limitations.</p></div>\r |
| | 108 | </div>\r |
| | 109 | </div>\r |
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| | 111 | <h2 id="_how_portable_is_sml_code_across_sml_compilers">How portable is SML code across SML compilers?</h2>\r |
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| | 113 | <div class="paragraph"><p><a href="StandardMLPortability">StandardMLPortability</a></p></div>\r |
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